At the beginning of each "post" I have chosen a saying: "Let
Adversity Make You A Better Person". I have this taped to my desk right
by my computer. It was the title of a story I found in a church
magazine that I subscribe to and that I'd like to share with you:
"A woman in my church fought a battle with cancer. Although she
endured pains and heartache that few people understood, she remained
cheerful and optimistic. She wrote her own obituary, which, in part,
reads:
'Today at the young age of 33 I left this mortal
existence to a holier sphere. I was born ...to wonderful parents...who
taught me to live life well...We have three sweet children who I will
miss greatly. At the young age of 29, I was introduced to something
called cancer. Cancer was my great adversary, but I have learned that
in this life enemies can become our choicest friends; the secret is
learning what to do with the conflict.'
We are not
always healed from pain and sickness. Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the
Quorum of the Twelve has said, 'Sometimes we are 'healed' by being given
strength or understanding or patience to bear the burdens placed upon
us.'"
About Me
- Becky Muench
- I grew up at the base of the Teton Mountain Range in Idaho, in the most beautiful valley in the world. I started riding a horse as soon as I could walk and spent most of my summers riding horse bareback and singing at the top of my lungs all day long. I helped on the farm/cattle ranch that I grew up on, driving tractor and changing sprinkler pipe. At 14 I got a job cleaning motel rooms, then got the best job in the world, working for the Forest Service, counting people at the trail heads. I would spend the entire day sitting in the forest counting the number of people that went on hikes on certain trails. Sometimes I got to hike up into the back country and spend 10 days at a time and count the number of people that came up there. I did that for 3 summers during my high school years. It was awesome!
